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Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico (2023)
Journal Article
Obradors-Prats, J., Calderon Medina, E., Jones, S., Rouainia, M., Aplin, A., & Crook, A. (2023). Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 155, Article 106352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106352

Multi-well pressure data from the Magnolia Field, located on a flank of the salt-bounded Titan passive mini-basin in the Garden Banks area of the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico, indicate remarkably high overpressures that vary, at similar de... Read More about Integrating petrophysical, geological and geomechanical modelling to assess stress states, overpressure development and compartmentalisation adjacent to a salt wall, gulf of Mexico.

Sedimentary Petrology (2023)
Book
Tucker, M. E., & Jones, S. J. (2023). Sedimentary Petrology. (4th Edition). Wiley

Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland (2023)
Journal Article
Harrison, D., Ross, N., Russell, A. J., & Jones, S. J. (2023). Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland. Journal of Quaternary Science, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3518

Sandur plains are extensive sedimentary bodies formed in proglacial settings by glaciofluvial processes. Icelandic sandar have been hypothesised to be comprised of thick alluvial successions that provide critical insight into the processes that contr... Read More about Geophysical reconstruction of the late Holocene proximal proglacial landsystem at Skeiðarársandur, southeast Iceland.

Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development (2023)
Journal Article
Charlaftis, D., Jones, S. J., Grimm, L., & Kappler, A. (2023). Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development. Terra Nova, 35(4), 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12648

Bacteria are the most abundant forms of life we know on our planet, able to survive in a variety of habitats, that play an important role in mineral formation and transformation processes. Here, we present laboratory experiments in which unconsolidat... Read More about Interdependence between bacterial EPS and early grain coat development.

The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK (2023)
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Aro, O. E., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N. S., Gluyas, J., & Charlaftis, D. (2023). The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK. Petroleum Geoscience, 29(2), Article petgeo2022-043. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2022-043

Clay-coated grains play an important role in preserving reservoir quality in high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) sandstone reservoirs. Previous studies have shown that the completeness of coverage of clay coats effectively inhibits quartz cementat... Read More about The importance of facies, grain size and clay content in controlling fluvial reservoir quality – an example from the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central North Sea, UK.

Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2023)
Journal Article
O'Neill, S. R., Jones, S. J., & Kamp, P. J. (2023). Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Basin Research, 35(3), 1128-1153. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12749

Significant variations in pore pressure across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, are attributed to changes in lithofacies and structure, usefully illustrated in terms of ten areas that we term geopressure provinces, each displaying individual pore pre... Read More about Tectonostratigraphic controls on pore fluid pressure distribution across the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands (2022)
Journal Article
Bello, A. M., Charlaftis, D., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J., Acikalin, S., Cartigny, M., & Al-Ramadan, K. (2022). Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.952690

Hydrothermal-reactor experiments were conducted to investigate the potential formation of chlorite and microquartz grain coatings on detrital quartz and feldspar grains, and to understand their role in inhibiting the formation of quartz cement and fe... Read More about Experimental diagenesis using present-day submarine turbidite sands.

Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin (2022)
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Qian, W., Sun, Q., Jones, S. J., Yin, T., Zhang, C., Xu, G., …Zhang, B. (2022). Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 215, Article 110579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2022.110579

Considerable amounts of efforts have been made in search of depositional sand quality and diagenetic processes on the quality of low-permeability and tight reservoirs mainly due to the realization that these multiple factors exert profound controls o... Read More about Diagenesis and controlling factors of Oligocene Huagang Formation tight sandstone reservoir in the south of Xihu sag, the East China Sea Shelf Basin.

Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea (2022)
Journal Article
Bello, A., Jones, S., J *Gluyas, J., & G Al-Ramadan, K. (2022). Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea. Minerals, 12(5), Article 555. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050555

The Forties Sandstone Member is an important deep-water reservoir in the Central North Sea. The role of depositional characteristics, grain-coating clays, and diagenesis in controlling the reservoir quality of the sandstones is poorly understood. The... Read More about Impact of Grain-Coating Clays on Porosity Preservation in Paleocene Turbidite Channel Sandstones: Nelson Oil Field, UK Central North Sea.

Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage (2022)
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Marsh, J., Jones, S., Meadows, N., & Gluyas, J. (2022). Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage. Petroleum Geoscience, 28(3), 2021- 2065. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-065

Failure to find hydrocarbon prospects in the Solway Basin region has resulted in a lack of research into the local Sherwood Sandstone Group petrography, reservoir quality and depositional history compared to the analogous southern reservoirs in the E... Read More about Petrographic and diagenetic investigation of the distal Triassic ‘Budleighensis’ fluvial system in the Solway and Carlisle Basins for potential CO2 storage.

Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland (2022)
Journal Article
Harrison, D., Ross, N., Russell, A. J., & Jones, S. J. (2022). Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 51(4), 824-846. https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12587

The sedimentary record of Icelandic ice-contact environments provides critical insights into past glacier margin dynamics and position, relative sea level, and the geomorphic processes that drive the evolution of proglacial environments. This importa... Read More about Ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) investigations of a large‐scale buried ice‐marginal landsystem, Skeiðarársandur, SE Iceland.

Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality (2022)
Journal Article
Charlaftis, D., Dobson, K. J., Jones, S. J., Lakshtanov, D., Crouch, J., & Cook, J. (2022). Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 766145. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.766145

Characterization of deeply buried sandstones and their reservoir quality is of paramount importance for exploring, developing, and subsurface storage of energy resources. High reservoir quality in deeply buried sandstones is commonly correlated with... Read More about Experimental Simulation of Burial Diagenesis and Subsequent 2D-3D Characterization of Sandstone Reservoir Quality.

Earth Science (2022)
Book Chapter
Jones, S. J., & Saville, C. (in press). Earth Science. In C. Harrison, K. Aston, A. Childs, & V. Kind (Eds.), Teaching Secondary Chemistry. (3rd ed.). Hodder Education

Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain (2021)
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Donovan, S. K., Jones, S. J., King, A. R., & Harper, D. A. (2021). Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 132(3), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2021.02.004

The Almería-Níjar Basin is a Neogene, intermontane depression marginal to the Mediterranean in southern Spain in the vicinity of El Argamasón, Andalucia. The Pliocene Cuevas Formation rests unconformably on the Upper Messinian rock succession in the... Read More about Pliocene trace fossils from oyster substrates in the Nijar Basin, Betic Cordillera, southern Spain.

Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea (2021)
Journal Article
Bello, A. M., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J. G., Acikalin, S., & Cartigny, M. (2021). Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 128, Article 105058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105058

Proximal to distal fan change in grain size, clay matrix content, and grain-coating clays have been identified as key contributing factors for eservoir quality evolution of submarine fan turbidite sandstones. This study evaluated the role played by g... Read More about Role played by clay content in controlling reservoir quality of submarine fan system, Forties Sandstone Member, Central Graben, North Sea.

Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones (2021)
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Charlaftis, D., Jones, S., Dobson, K., Crouch, J., & Acikalin, S. (2021). Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 91(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.122

Chlorite is recognized as a key mineral for preserving reservoir quality in deeply buried sandstones, as chlorite coatings inhibit the nucleation of quartz overgrowths. A limited understanding of the mechanisms and conditions under which these authig... Read More about Experimental study of chlorite authigenesis and influence on porosity maintenance in sandstones.

Diagenesis and burial history modeling of heterogeneous marginal marine to shoreface Paleocene glauconitic sandstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2020)
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O'Neill, S. R., Jones, S. J., & Kamp, P. J. (2020). Diagenesis and burial history modeling of heterogeneous marginal marine to shoreface Paleocene glauconitic sandstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 90(6), 651-668. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2020.34

Paleocene marginal marine to shoreface glauconitic sandstones (F-Sands) of the Farewell Formation from the Maui Field in Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, demonstrate a diagenetic evolution driven by major shifts in acidic pore-water composition, rate of... Read More about Diagenesis and burial history modeling of heterogeneous marginal marine to shoreface Paleocene glauconitic sandstones, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau (2020)
Journal Article
Groves, K., Saville, C., Hurst, M. D., Jones, S. J., Song, S., & Allen, M. B. (2020). Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau. Tectonophysics, 788, Article 228503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228503

The Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau, is an area of active deformation caused by convergence in the India-Eurasia collision zone. Geomorphic indices capture the landscape response to competition between tectonics and climate, reflecting the... Read More about Geomorphic expressions of collisional tectonics in the Qilian Shan, north eastern Tibetan Plateau.

Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain (2020)
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Franzel, M., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., Allen, M. B., McCaffrey, K., & Morgan, T. (2021). Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain. Basin Research, 33(1), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12451

The relationships between large‐scale depositional processes and the stratigraphic record of alluvial systems, e.g. the origin and distribution of channel stacking patterns, changing architecture and correlation of strata, are still relatively poorly... Read More about Basin-scale fluvial correlation and response to the Tethyan marine transgression: an example from the Triassic of central Spain.

Vertical effective stress and temperature as controls of quartz cementation in sandstones: Evidence from North Sea fulmar and Gulf of Mexico Wilcox sandstones (2020)
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Oye, O. J., Aplin, A. C., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J. G., Bowen, L., Harwood, J., …Valley, J. W. (2020). Vertical effective stress and temperature as controls of quartz cementation in sandstones: Evidence from North Sea fulmar and Gulf of Mexico Wilcox sandstones. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 115, Article 104289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104289

We present quantitative petrographic data, high spatial resolution oxygen isotope analyses of quartz cement, basin modelling and a kinetic model for quartz precipitation for two Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group sandstones from Texas and two Jurassic Ful... Read More about Vertical effective stress and temperature as controls of quartz cementation in sandstones: Evidence from North Sea fulmar and Gulf of Mexico Wilcox sandstones.

Overpressure and its positive effect in deep sandstone reservoir quality of Bozhong Depression, offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China (2019)
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Wang, X., He, S., Jones, S. J., Yang, R., Wei, A., Liu, C., …Liu, W. (2019). Overpressure and its positive effect in deep sandstone reservoir quality of Bozhong Depression, offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 182, Article 106362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2019.106362

Bohai Bay Basin is a Meso-Cenozoic terrestrial sedimentary basin in eastern China. Its offshore regions, including Bozhong and Liaodongwan Depressions, are favourable exploration targets which provide near a half of the petroleum reserves in the basi... Read More about Overpressure and its positive effect in deep sandstone reservoir quality of Bozhong Depression, offshore Bohai Bay Basin, China.

Re-evaluation of the porosity measurements under different confining pressures: a better appraisal of reservoir porosity (2018)
Journal Article
Pan, L., Jones, S., Wang, X., Guan, W., & Li, L. (2019). Re-evaluation of the porosity measurements under different confining pressures: a better appraisal of reservoir porosity. AAPG Bulletin, 103(3), 515-526. https://doi.org/10.1306/09181817131

Porosity is one of the most important rock properties in describing hydrocarbon reservoirs. Tests on core samples provide direct and representative porosity data and the measurement of porosity at high confining pressures is recognized to correlate w... Read More about Re-evaluation of the porosity measurements under different confining pressures: a better appraisal of reservoir porosity.

Vertical effective stress as a control on quartz cementation in sandstones (2018)
Journal Article
Oye, O. J., Aplin, A. C., Jones, S. J., Gluyas, J. G., Bowen, L., Orland, I. J., & Valley, J. W. (2018). Vertical effective stress as a control on quartz cementation in sandstones. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 98, 640-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.09.017

Temperature-controlled precipitation kinetics has become the overwhelmingly dominant hypothesis for the control of quartz cementation in sandstones. Here, we integrate quantitative petrographic data, high spatial resolution oxygen isotope analyses of... Read More about Vertical effective stress as a control on quartz cementation in sandstones.

Pore pressure and reservoir quality evolution in the deep Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2018)
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O'Neill, S. R., Jones, S. J., Kamp, P. J., Swarbrick, R. E., & Gluyas, J. G. (2018). Pore pressure and reservoir quality evolution in the deep Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 98, 815-835. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.08.038

The Palaeocene fluvial to shallow marine sandstones of the Farewell Formation are an important proven hydrocarbon reservoir in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The Kapuni Deep-1 well was drilled to target Farewell Formation sandstones in the deeper o... Read More about Pore pressure and reservoir quality evolution in the deep Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.

Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea (2018)
Journal Article
Tang, L., Gluyas, J., Jones, S., & Bowen, L. (2018). Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea. Petroleum Science, 15(2), 211-229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-018-0232-3

The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation reservoirs in the UK Central North Sea are litharenite/sublitharenite and were deposited in fluvial–aeolian settings. The grain-coating clays in the aeolian sandstones have effectively inhibited quartz overgrowth.... Read More about Diagenetic and geochemical studies of the Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) in the Central North Sea.

Porosity preservation due to grain coating illite/smectite: Evidence from Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) of the Ardmore Field, UK North Sea (2018)
Journal Article
Tang, L., Gluyas, J., & Jones, S. (2018). Porosity preservation due to grain coating illite/smectite: Evidence from Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) of the Ardmore Field, UK North Sea. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 129(2), 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.03.001

The Buchan Formation sandstone reservoirs from the Ardmore Field in the UK Central North Sea are fluvial-aeolian deposits and provide examples of porosity preservation in deeply-buried reservoirs (2.7–3.2 km) caused by grain-coating illite/smectite (... Read More about Porosity preservation due to grain coating illite/smectite: Evidence from Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) of the Ardmore Field, UK North Sea.

Argyll Field: the first oil field to be developed on the UK Continental Shelf (2018)
Book Chapter
Gluyas, J., Tang, L., & Jones, S. (2018). Argyll Field: the first oil field to be developed on the UK Continental Shelf. In J. Craig, F. Gerali, F. Macaulay, & R. Sorkhabi (Eds.), History of the European oil and gas industry (77-93). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp465.3

In June 1975, oil from the Argyll Field became the first to be produced from the UK North Sea. Seventeen years later, the Argyll Field was abandoned with all production facilities removed. In 2001, two new companies, Acorn Oil & Gas and Tuscan Energy... Read More about Argyll Field: the first oil field to be developed on the UK Continental Shelf.

Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK (2018)
Journal Article
Stricker, S., Jones, S. J., Meadows, N., & Bowen, L. (2018). Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK. Petroleum Science, 15(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12182-017-0206-x

The Triassic fluvial sandstones of the Skagerrak Formation were deposited in a series of salt-walled mini-basins and act as important hydrocarbon reservoirs for several high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) fields in the Central Graben, North Sea. T... Read More about Reservoir quality of fluvial sandstone reservoirs in salt-walled mini-basins: an example from the Seagull field, Central Graben, North Sea, UK.

Facies Architecture of the Fluvial-Aeolian Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) and Its Implications on Field Exploration: A Case Study from Ardmore Field, Central North Sea, UK (2017)
Journal Article
Tang, L., Jones, S., & Gluyas, J. (2017). Facies Architecture of the Fluvial-Aeolian Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) and Its Implications on Field Exploration: A Case Study from Ardmore Field, Central North Sea, UK. International Journal of Geosciences, 8(7), 902-924. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijg.2017.87052

The Upper Devonian Buchan Formation in the Central North Sea is a typical terrestrial deposit and predominantly comprises fine to medium-grained sandstones with occasional conglomerates and mudstones. The Buchan Formation has been previously describe... Read More about Facies Architecture of the Fluvial-Aeolian Buchan Formation (Upper Devonian) and Its Implications on Field Exploration: A Case Study from Ardmore Field, Central North Sea, UK.

The role played by carbonate cementation in controlling reservoir quality of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Norway (2017)
Journal Article
Cui, Y., Jones, S. J., Saville, C., Stricker, S., Wang, G., Tang, L., …Chen, J. (2017). The role played by carbonate cementation in controlling reservoir quality of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Norway. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 85, 316-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.05.020

Anomalously high porosities up to 30% at burial depth of >3000 m along with varying amounts and types of carbonate cements occur in the fluvial channel sandstone facies of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Central Graben, Norway. However, porosities... Read More about The role played by carbonate cementation in controlling reservoir quality of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation, Norway.

Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China (2017)
Journal Article
Cu, Y., Wang, G., Jones, S., Zhou, Z., Ran, Y., Lai, J., …Deng, L. (2017). Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 81, 50-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.01.001

Understanding diagenetic heterogeneity in tight sandstone reservoirs is vital for hydrocarbon exploration. As a typical tight sandstone reservoir, the seventh unit of the Upper Triassic Yanchang Formation in the Ordos Basin (Chang 7 unit), central Ch... Read More about Prediction of diagenetic facies using well logs – A case study from the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, China.

Overpressure preventing quartz cementation? - A reply (2016)
Journal Article
Stricker, S., Jones, S., & Sathar, S. (2017). Overpressure preventing quartz cementation? - A reply. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 79, 337-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.10.024

Chemical compaction and the relative importance of the pressure dissolution and illite-mica induced dissolution (IMID) models have remained a contentious issue, as is the role played by stress in chemical compaction. This paper offers further support... Read More about Overpressure preventing quartz cementation? - A reply.

Sequence Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and reservoir quality of Es4s, southern slope of Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China (2016)
Journal Article
Zahida, M., Chunmeia, D., Lina, C., Gluyas, J., Jones, S., Zhang, X., …Maa, C. (2016). Sequence Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and reservoir quality of Es4s, southern slope of Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 448-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.06.026

Thin-bedded beach-bar sandstone reservoirs are common in the Eocene Shahejie Formation (Es4s) of Niuzhuang Sag, along the southern gentle slope of the Dongying Depression. Here we report on the link between sequence stratigraphy, sedimentary facies a... Read More about Sequence Stratigraphy, sedimentary facies and reservoir quality of Es4s, southern slope of Dongying Depression, Bohai Bay Basin, East China.

Importance of vertical effective stress for reservoir quality in the Skagerrak Formation, Central Graben, North Sea (2016)
Journal Article
Stricker, S., Jones, S., & Grant, N. (2016). Importance of vertical effective stress for reservoir quality in the Skagerrak Formation, Central Graben, North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 78, 895-909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.03.001

The complex fluvial sandstones of the Triassic Skagerrak Formation of the Central Graben area, North Sea, provide a number of prolific high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) hydrocarbon reservoirs. The reservoir sandstones comprise fine to medium-grai... Read More about Importance of vertical effective stress for reservoir quality in the Skagerrak Formation, Central Graben, North Sea.

Fluid overpressure as a control on sandstone reservoir quality in a mechanical compaction dominated setting: Magnolia Field, Gulf of Mexico (2016)
Journal Article
Sathar, S., & Jones, S. (2016). Fluid overpressure as a control on sandstone reservoir quality in a mechanical compaction dominated setting: Magnolia Field, Gulf of Mexico. Terra Nova, 28(3), 155-162. https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12203

The reservoir quality (porosity and permeability) of deeply buried hydrocarbon reservoir sandstones in sedimentary basins is significantly affected by burial diagenesis. Many deep reservoirs develop anomalous fluid overpressures during burial. Previo... Read More about Fluid overpressure as a control on sandstone reservoir quality in a mechanical compaction dominated setting: Magnolia Field, Gulf of Mexico.

Exceptional reservoir quality in HPHT reservoir settings: examples from the Skagerrak Formation of the Heron Cluster, UK, North Sea (2016)
Journal Article
Stricker, S., Jones, S., Sathar, S., Bowen, L., & Oxtoby, N. (2016). Exceptional reservoir quality in HPHT reservoir settings: examples from the Skagerrak Formation of the Heron Cluster, UK, North Sea. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 77, 198-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.003

As the exploration of hydrocarbons moves into more complex and deeper basinal settings the need to understand the effect of high temperatures and high pressures on reservoir quality and rock properties becomes even more important. The fluvial channel... Read More about Exceptional reservoir quality in HPHT reservoir settings: examples from the Skagerrak Formation of the Heron Cluster, UK, North Sea.

Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben, North Sea, UK (2016)
Journal Article
Stricker, S., & Jones, S. (2016). Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben, North Sea, UK. Geological Society Special Publications, 435, 321-341. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp435.4

Current understanding of porosity preservation in deeply buried sandstone reservoirs tends to be focused on how diagenetic grain coatings of clay minerals and microquartz can inhibit macroquartz cementation. However, the importance of overpressure de... Read More about Enhanced porosity preservation by pore fluid overpressure and chlorite grain coatings in the Triassic Skagerrak, Central Graben, North Sea, UK.

Tectonic and climatic controls on fan systems: The Kohrud mountain belt, Central Iran (2014)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Arzani, N., & Allen, M. (2014). Tectonic and climatic controls on fan systems: The Kohrud mountain belt, Central Iran. Sedimentary Geology, 302, 29-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2013.12.008

Late Pleistocene to Holocene fans of the Kohrud mountain belt (Central Iran) illustrate the problems of differentiating tectonic and climatic drivers for the sedimentary signatures of alluvial fan successions. It is widely recognised that tectonic pr... Read More about Tectonic and climatic controls on fan systems: The Kohrud mountain belt, Central Iran.

Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone (2011)
Journal Article
Allen, M., Kheirkhah, M., Emami, M., & Jones, S. (2011). Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone. Geophysical Journal International, 184(2), 555-574. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2010.04874.x

New offset determinations for right-lateral strike-slip faults in Iran revise the kinematics of the Arabia–Eurasia collision, by indicating along-strike lengthening of the collision zone before a change to the present kinematic regime at ∼5 Ma. A ser... Read More about Right-lateral shear across Iran and kinematic change in the Arabia–Eurasia collision zone.

Tectonic controls on drainage evolution and development of terminal alluvial fans, southern Pyrenees, Spain (2004)
Journal Article
Jones, S. (2004). Tectonic controls on drainage evolution and development of terminal alluvial fans, southern Pyrenees, Spain. Terra Nova, 16(3), 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2004.00539.x

An understanding of how drainage patterns respond to tectonics can provide an insight into past deformational events within mountain belts and where sediment flux is supplied to depositional basins. The transverse rivers draining the Spanish Pyrenees... Read More about Tectonic controls on drainage evolution and development of terminal alluvial fans, southern Pyrenees, Spain.

Impact of periodicity on sediment flux in alluvial systems; grain to basin scale (2002)
Book Chapter
Frostick, L., & Jones, S. (2002). Impact of periodicity on sediment flux in alluvial systems; grain to basin scale. In S. Jones, & L. Frostick (Eds.), . The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.sp.2002.191.01.06

Periodicity is a common component of many sedimentological processes, but seldom is it considered across all scales of fluvial processes in order to understand the complete impact on sediment supply to basins. Temporal changes in sediment supply with... Read More about Impact of periodicity on sediment flux in alluvial systems; grain to basin scale.

Braided stream and flood plain architecture: the Rio Vero Formation, Spanish Pyrenees (2001)
Journal Article
Jones, S., Frostick, L., & Astin, T. (2001). Braided stream and flood plain architecture: the Rio Vero Formation, Spanish Pyrenees. Sedimentary Geology, 139(3-4), 229-260. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0037-0738%2800%2900165-2

Early- to middle-Miocene fluvial sandstones of the Rio Vero Formation were studied, in an area around the town of Barbastro, south central Pyrenees Spain. The outstanding quality of outcrops in this area allows a three-dimensional study of architectu... Read More about Braided stream and flood plain architecture: the Rio Vero Formation, Spanish Pyrenees.